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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Chengdu or Quito?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Chengdu for

  • families
  • food and drink
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Chengdu’s own page.

Choose Quito for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Quito’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Chengdu and Quito are level on 5.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Quito 54: Chengdu leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, Quito 77: Quito leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, Quito 40: Chengdu leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, Quito 86: Quito leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, Quito 55: Chengdu leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Quito 32: Chengdu leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, Quito 45: Chengdu leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, Quito 40: Chengdu leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Chengdu 80, Quito 78: Chengdu leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu 50, Quito 38: Chengdu leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, Quito 44: Chengdu leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chengdu and Quito.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Chengdu
Best match
63match

Wins on families and food and drink with your weighting.

Quito
50match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Chengdu in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
177 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Quito in July

18 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Quito's station stands 208 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre). Quito: 1961-1990 normals, Izobamba-Santa Catalina (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduQuito
Official languagePutonghuaSpanish, Shuar, Northern Quichua
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-5
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119911
Elevation500 m2,850 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureChengduQuito
City population20,937,7571,763,275
People per km²1,4564,735
Museums within 10 km1016
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.